The loudest complaint about these Knicks until a few days ago — and a fair one — was that they could bully bad teams, but mostly shrank from good ones.

Count Nikola Jokic as a believer in the Knicks. After absorbing a 122-112 defeat at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night, the three-time NBA MVP touted the Knicks as legitimate title contenders.

The Knicks have hovered around the middle of the pack in points allowed per possession all season, but Anunoby is the group’s backbone. New York doesn’t play with a conventional rim protector. Instead it’s on him, along with the other two starting wings, Bridges and Josh Hart, to lock down the perimeter.

Jalen Brunson had 30 points and 15 assists, OG Anunoby scored 23 points and the New York Knicks beat the Denver Nuggets 122-112 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory. Karl-Anthony Towns had 14 points,

Jalen Brunson had 30 points and 15 assists, OG Anunoby scored 23 points and the New York Knicks beat the Denver Nuggets 122-112 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory.

After they made him look average, the best basketball player on the planet declared the Knicks a legit title contender.

The New York Knicks downed the Denver Nuggets 122-112 on Wednesday behind another tremendous night from Jalen Brunson. Brunson had his sixth game with 30

OG Anunoby scored 33 points, Josh Hart added 20 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists in his sixth triple-double of the season, and the New York Knicks beat the Sacramento Kings 143-120 on Saturday night

The New York Knicks began their aggressiveness in the trade market in Dec. 2023 when they acquired OG Anunoby from the Toronto Raptors. Now, the two sides could

With the win, the Knicks (32-16) have won five in a row and secured their second sweep of the Nuggets in the last three seasons. Though the Knicks did not reach their massive tally of 143 that appeared in their column in each of the last two games, the 408 points that have combined to earn are the most they've had in any trio in franchise history.

Jokic's Nuggets went 0-2 against the Knicks this season, and the three-time MVP was a shocking non-factor in both losses.